Hadith 28-36

حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا القاسِم بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ ِِبْراهيم النهاوندي، عَن صالِح بن راهْوَيْه، عَن أَبي حيـون مَوْلى‏ الرِّضـا عَلَيْهِ السَّـلامُ عَنِ الرِّضـا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلامَ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ الأَبْكَارَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الَّثمَرِ عَلَى الشَّجَرِ فَإِذَا أَيْنَعَ الَّثمَرُ فَلا دَوَاءَ لَهُ إِلا اجْتِنَاؤُهُ وَإِلا أَفْسَدَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ وَغَيَّرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ وَإِنَّ الأَبْكَارَ إِذَا أَدْرَكْنَ مَا تُدْرِكُ النِّسَاءُ فَلا دَوَاءَ لَهُنَّ إِلا الْبُعُولُ وَإِلا لَمْ يُؤْمَنْ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْفِتْنَةُ فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ الْمِنْبَرَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ أَعْلَمَهُمْ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِ فَقَالُوا مِمَّنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ مِنَ الأَكْفَاءِ فَقَالُوا وَمَنِ الأَكْفَاءُ فَقَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ بَعْضٍ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ حَتَّى زَوَّجَ ضُبَاعَةَ مِنَ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي زَوَّجْتُ ابْنَةَ عَمِّي الْمِقْدَادَ لِيَتَّضِعَ النِّكَاحُ.

(The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Nahavandi quoted on the authority of Salih ibn Rahawayh, on the authority of Abi Hayyoon - a servant of Al-Ridha’ (a.s.), on the authority of Al-Ridha’ (a.s.), “Gabriel descended to the Prophet (S) and said, O Muhammad! Your Lord sends greetings to you and says that the virgin women are like fruits of the tree. When the fruits ripen there is no way but to pick them, or else the sun and the wind will ruin them. When virgin girls mature and understand what women understand, then there is no way but to marry them off or else they will not be secure from corruption.” Then the Prophet (S) climbed up the pulpit and declared what God had ordered. The people asked, “O Prophet of God! Whom should we marry them off?” The Prophet (S) said, “To people who match them.” They asked, “Who would be considered to be one who matches them?” The Prophet (S) said, “Believers match each other.” Then from the top of the pulpit [34] the Prophet (S) married off Dhuba’a - the daughter of Zobayr ibn Abdul Muttalib - to Miqdad ibn Aswad and said, “O people! I married off my uncle’s daughter to Miqdad so that marriage becomes easier to do.”